Who does Mother Nature endorse for president?

Ok, you caught me. The weather has been non-stop wet with inches
and inches of rain the past several weeks and there just isn’t much
out there to talk about in regards to exciting weather.
However, with Election Day tomorrow, I started thinking about all
the newspapers and celebrities out there that have thought somehow
up to this point their opinions and/or endorsements will persuade
the undecided voter, which it sometimes has. But have any of you
taken the time to consider what Mother Nature thinks?

Of course, this is no way a “Forecasting Kitsap” blog
endorsement, or the views of the Kitsap Sun in general, but I
decided to conduct a fun little experiment (as futile as it is…)
which will give us an awfully rough estimate of who our president
will be on January 20th. 😉 Little did you know weather plays
favorites!

Take a look at these weather observations on Inauguration Day in
Washington, D.C. clear back when President Truman took office.
Notice a trend?

Obama (D)-
Sunny/cold

Bush, G.W. (R)-
Rain/mild

Clinton (D)-
Clear/cool

Bush, H.W. (R)-
Cloudy/mild

Reagan (R)-
Rain/mild

Carter (D)-
Sunny/cold

Ford (R)-
Cloudy/mild

Nixon (R)-
Cloudy/mild

Johnson (D)-
Rainy/cool

Kennedy (D)-
Snow/cold

Eisenhower (R)-
Cloudy/mild

Truman (D)-
Snow/cold

Since Truman, Democratic presidents have largely had cold and/or
snowy inaugurations while Republican president’s have had rainy,
cloudy, and/or mild inaugurations. Latest long range projections
have been consistent in predicting a colder than normal latter half
of the winter season on the east coast, which would certainly
impact Inauguration Day.

Hmmm…considering no Republican has had a snowy Inauguration Day
since at least Truman, does that mean Mother Nature is endorsing
President Barack Obama? Perhaps, unless Mitt Romney is the one who
comes in and breaks a pretty consistent trend 😉 Of course, this is
all fun and games, but interesting nonetheless!

As for our Election Day weather? If you guessed “rainy”, you
would be correct, although it will be slightly milder than normal.
Highs will be in the mid to upper 50s.

Some colder, showery weather systems will impact the area
through the week into next weekend, and high temperatures will fall
into the mid and upper 40s. The good news is the mountains should
be getting more snow here in the next few days!

The long range continues to look cold and wet through
Thanksgiving. Too bad I haven’t found any correlations between cold
and wet Northwest Thanksgiving’s and U.S. President’s! But I
suppose even if I did, the election would still be a toss up
because it’s always cold and wet around here during the holidays
😉